Business Simulations and Management Games to build Management Competence, Business and Commercial Acumen

Our range of Business Simulations and Management Games are used in training, development and assessment activities. Our focus is on building management competence. Providing people with the capability to understand their strengths, develop their skills and make an effective contribution to their team, department and wider organisation.

Our Business Simulations and Management Games have all been developed by us in response to a real development need. Our range offers something for graduate trainees and newly appointed supervisors through junior management to Board level decision makers. They are insightful, thought provoking but also fun and enjoyable. Engagement is critical in the learning process.

Browse our range or filter them by category. If you don’t see something that fits your requirements, please contact us. We have an extensive catalogue built up through our consultancy work and would be happy to have a conversation with you.

Planning Game

Accurate planning is at the heart of every successful business, but do you understand its effect on profitability, and can you successfully modify your plans when external factors change?

£230 (excl VAT)

Lawn Trimmers

For your business to succeed, you need to make money, but can you determine which market is the most profitable? What size factory will you need, and what type of product will you offer? Your sales and marketing policies need to correspond with your production decisions, and you will only

£350-1200 (excl VAT)

Value of T

Every member of the team has a role to play in achieving success, but the information they require is scattered amongst the group.

£140 (excl VAT)

Sentencing Game

When you are out of the office you need to be sure that your staff can keep things running smoothly. You can’t have procedures for every eventuality, but you can establish some general guidelines.

£135 (excl VAT)

Gamification for Business

This book is a collaboration between over 22 game designers covering 5 countries. In the first part there are chapters looking at seven organisational challenges. The second part has 21 examples of how a business games have been used to tackle real life issues. The third part looks forward with

£15 (excl VAT)

Symbol Game

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Your team may project an image of close cooperation, but do you sense that some members are privately criticising their colleagues and undermining the effectiveness of the group? Every player needs to understand what is being done and why otherwise

£135 (excl VAT)

Multimarket

You have a secure home market but need access to new markets to satisfy your expansion plans. There are three immediate possibilities each with different political and economic conditions. Will you be able to trade and/or manufacture in them? If you do will you be able to repatriate the profits

£250-1200 (excl VAT)

Way Forward

You are a board member of a company and you have an obligation to your shareholders to maximise its share price. Can you formulate a successful financial strategy and a customer policy which is consistent with your corporate image?

£350-1300 (excl VAT)

Create an Effective Team

Use our high impact virtual development simulation to enhance your team’s capability and ensure everyone operates effectively and efficiently.

£500-6000 (excl VAT)

Prism

PRISM is a revolutionary way of identifying people’s behavioural preferences and the ways they adapt at work. Completion of a PRISM activity, feedback from a certified coach and participation in one of our business simulations will generate a positive shift in capability, mindset and working relationships.

£150 (excl VAT)

Whurps

Demand for your product exists, but have you got sufficient supplies? Can you keep production and marketing in balance, and how do you identify which costs to cut? Use your skills to manage the chance element in this game intelligently and build your company into a successful group, or risk

£270 (excl VAT)

Handbook of Management Games

Handbook of Management Games and Simulations (Hardback): Sixth Edition. By Chris Elgood. Provides detailed answers to these questions and others. What kinds of games are there? How do they compare with other methods of learning? Where can I find the most suitable games for the training objectives I have in

£35 (excl VAT)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a business simulation game?

The term business simulation game covers a wide range of activities, anything from a card based face to face activity to an interactive online one. It is used to refer to business focused activities deigned to develop business acumen and management focused activities designed to improve the way in which an organisation is managed. Our thinking has evolved to define a business simulation game as:

“A device through which individuals learn about how businesses and organisations work, and which enables them to improve their performance within their organisation through the development of business and/or inter-personal skills.”

The device offers participants a safe environment in which they can make decisions, experience consequences and understand the relationship between the two. It usually focuses on a problem area in which a better outcome could be achieved if people know more or behaved differently.

Some examples of the different types of simulation game can be found in our Ultimate Guide to Building Business Games and Simulations that Work .

What is a management game?

I will break this into two parts. The word game is used to describe activities in which some, or all, of these characteristics are prominent:

Human, or humanly controlled, opponents, whose actions have an effect, upon each other and upon the environment.
An emphasis on competitiveness and ‘winning’.
An emphasis on pleasure, humour and enjoyment.
A repetitive cycle of making decisions and encountering a result, allowing the hope of improvement and of ‘doing better next time’.

The addition of the word management indicates a focus on planning, management and control of any organisation or project in circumstances where profit is not the dominant measure of success.

How can a simulation game help my business?

Targeted business simulation games are designed to improve knowledge and develop understanding about the business, which in turn leads to more efficient and effective organisations. For your staff members to be effective they need to understand how your business works, what it takes for the organisation to be successful and, crucially, what contribution they need to make to ensure it is operating effectively and efficiently.

A business simulation is one of the most effective learning processes you can employ. The experience develops participants’ business acumen, helping them to understand what the extent of their contribution is, and raising awareness of how their decisions, behaviour and attitudes affect their colleagues. They will learn to make better decisions for the organisation and form better relationships, giving you a more effective, motivated and knowledgeable workforce.

What are the benefits of a business simulation or management game for my participants?

Business simulations and management games promote learning in a stimulating way. They encourage commitment and engagement from every participant, and the hands-on activities improve confidence and skills across the board. Everyone benefits from learning by doing and the lessons really stick. Your participants will experience the impact of their decision-making, whether good or bad, in a risk-free environment. Working as part of a team your participants will also hone their cooperation and communication skills thus improving their management capability, and participants in managerial roles will learn how the component parts of a system are linked, empowering them to make informed decisions which benefit the whole organisation.

How can simulation games enhance my training event?

We gather feedback from every management game and business simulation we design and run. Here’s what our clients say:

Active learning keeps our people involved in the whole process.
Simulations draw out everyone’s strengths across the group.
Learning by experience is fun and interactive, engaging all the senses.
Role-playing fosters negotiation and problem-solving skills.
Business-specific simulations add real relevance to our events.
Our participants retain new information better.

“the increased retention over time of learning appears to be one of the most consistent findings within the research into the potential of games for learning”

Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen of the University of Copenhagen

I want to use a business simulation or management game where do I start?

Contact us to set up an initial no obligation meeting over the phone or face to face. We will listen carefully to your requirements and make suggestions as to how we can take your project to the next stage. Following the meeting we will confirm our understanding of your requirement and offer some initial ideas free of charge.

You can learn more about working with us in this document.

How much will a business simulation or management game cost me?

Every client has specific needs, different participant numbers and varying timescales. We will give you a firm quotation early on in the consultative process, and guarantee that your reusable bespoke simulation will deliver an excellent return on your investment.